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Further Forward Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$313k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
40%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$18,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 13
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$8.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Further Forward Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$251k50%
FY202410$186k40%
FY20239$173k33%
FY20228$150k50%
FY202112$213k75%
FY202013$168k77%
FY20198$307k38%
FY20189$138k44%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$842kEducation$596kHuman Services$217kFood & Nutrition$150kEmployment$120kHealth$52kAnimals$45kEnvironment$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
SD
PA
CT
CA
KY
MD
DC
HI
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Crocodile River Music Inc$240,000314%
African Community Education Program Inc$140,00024%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$120,00040%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$100,0001n/a
Leo Baeck Institute Inc$90,00051%
Fractured Atlas Inc$85,00020%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$75,00031%
Whitney Museum of American Art$50,00020%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$45,00030%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$42,0001n/a
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All grantees of Further Forward Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Crocodile River Music Inc$240,000314%
African Community Education Program Inc$140,00024%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$120,00040%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$100,0001n/a
Leo Baeck Institute Inc$90,00051%
Fractured Atlas Inc$85,00020%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$75,00031%
Whitney Museum of American Art$50,00020%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$45,00030%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$42,0001n/a
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association$40,00040%
Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc$33,00023%
The Wily Network$27,50061%
Worcester County Food Bank Inc$25,00020%
Baltimore Museum of Art$25,00010%
The Boston Mineral Club Inc$24,0002n/a
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$20,00020%
Hias Inc$20,00020%
Friends of the Children - Boston Inc$20,00011%
The Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc$20,00017%
Skidmore College$18,00010%
The Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp$18,00010%
Harvard Cultural Collaborative$18,0002n/a
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$15,00020%
The Drawing Center Inc$15,00011%
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$15,00010%
Boston Rescue Mission Inc$10,00020%
Cambridge Community Center Inc$10,00011%
Eagle Hill Foundation of Massachusettsinc$10,00010%
Rural America Initiatives$10,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
Centre Street Food Pantry Inc$10,0001n/a
Native American Heritage Association$10,00010%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$10,00011%
Native Plant Trust Inc$10,00020%
Feeding America$6,00010%
Boston Center for the Arts Inc$6,00010%
Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc$5,00020%
Xerces Society Inc$5,00010%
Town of Harvard$3,0001n/a
Partnership With Native Americans$3,00010%
International Relief Teams$2,00010%
The Houston Food Bank$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($357k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Further Forward Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCrocodile River Music Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetAfrican Community Education Program Inc: $140,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetJewish Vocational Service Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLeo Baeck Institute Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Groundtruth Project Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHawk Mountain Sanctuary Association: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: $33,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe Wily Network: $27,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWorcester County Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHias Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Children - Boston Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Pantry of Cape Cod Corp: $18,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Drawing Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSomerville Homeless Coalition Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoston Rescue Mission Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCambridge Community Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEagle Hill Foundation of Massachusettsinc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRural America Initiatives: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNative Plant Trust Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Center for the Arts Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCotuit Center for the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartnership With Native Americans: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Relief Teams: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Boston Foundation IncMA22.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Wellington Management Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Further Forward Foundation Inc

How much does Further Forward Foundation Inc give?
Further Forward Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $313,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Further Forward Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Education (26%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Further Forward Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Crocodile River Music Inc ($240k), African Community Education Program Inc ($140k), Jewish Vocational Service Inc ($120k).
Does Further Forward Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Further Forward Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Further Forward Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Further Forward Foundation Inc based?
Further Forward Foundation Inc is based in GA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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